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"Do you worry at all about how that will impact your ability to retire? The drain on your savings?" I'm not going to be able to retire, and my savings are gone
by pmoriarty 6y ago
"Do you worry at all about how that will impact your ability to retire? The drain on your savings?"
I'm not going to be able to retire, and my savings are gone. The end of my life is likely to be quite miserable.
I know my choices have lead to that. They weren't good choices, and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. But they are the choices I made and I am reaping the consequences.
If you can hack it, be all career oriented and make good choices that secure your future... more power to you if you can do that for yourself and your family.
- czep 6y agoBut were they really your choices? Everyday you wake up constrained by what someone who is no longer you did yesterday. Nobody is responsible for anything. I mean that philosophically of course. Give yourself a break. I recognize your name from many threads here and believe it you have made a difference. Though I don't know you personally, your words could as well be mine, so I know whereof I speak. You are not missing anything by choosing not to run in the rat race. Retirement is overrated. I will regret everything on my death bed, but that would be true no matter how I lived. To face its closure is regret enough.
- achillesheels 6y agoActually, being you today is caused by who you were yesterday. This is what makes ourselves. Not taking ownership of it is a recipe for unhappiness.